Senior Project Manager

Published: 6/14/2022

Technology

Job Description

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Job Title: Senior Project Manager (Additive Manufacturing)

U.S. citizenship is required due to federal funding requirements. Additive manufacturing experience would be a plus but is not required.
Top three skills:
Exceptional project scheduling and organization skills, including developing and maintaining detailed project plans, tracking milestones and dependencies, coordinating deliverables, and keeping work on schedule.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including coordinating with and keeping stakeholders informed.
Responsive to direction with strong initiative and follow-through, able to take direction and priorities from the project lead while independently anticipating needs, identifying gaps, solving problems, and taking action to keep the project moving.
Experience: 5–10+ years of relevant project/program management experience.
Interview process: TBD- most likely 2 rounds, with an additional round with leadership for final candidates.

Job Description:
Seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead execution of a high-priority Additive Manufacturing Sprint supporting the U.S. Navy. This is a hands-on project leadership role responsible for coordinating a complex, fast-moving, cross-functional team and keeping the project on track across scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, risks, and stakeholder expectations.

Work schedule: 35–40 hours per week, aligned with Eastern Time, including some early morning meetings (e.g., 8:00 a.m. ET calls).
Location: Hybrid, with some flexibility for remote work for the right candidate. Some onsite presence may be expected, so a candidate local to the Boston would be ideal but not mandatory. Some domestic travel may also be required.

Ideal Candidate:
We are looking for a senior, hands-on project manager with 5–10+ years of experience managing complex technical programs, ideally in a defense, federal, aerospace, engineering, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex environment.
The strongest candidate would have:

Experience managing large, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Experience working directly with federal/government customers, preferably DoD or Navy
The ability to take an ambiguous or evolving objective and turn it into a clear execution plan with owners, milestones, and accountability
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work with senior leaders, technical experts, government stakeholders, and external partners
Strong project controls experience, including schedules, deliverables, risks/issues, dependencies, resources, and budget
Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Salesforce, MS Project, Jira, Monday.com, or similar platforms
PMP certification strongly preferred; Agile/Scrum experience is a plus
The ability to operate independently, identify and resolve issues, facilitate decisions, and keep a fast-moving project on track
U.S. citizenship required
Ability to travel up to approximately 30% as needed

Additive manufacturing experience would be a plus, but it is not required. We are more focused on finding a strong project leader who has experience managing technically complex work in a federal/defense or similar environment.
The primary responsibilities will include owning day-to-day project execution, coordinating the cross-functional team, translating the technical scope into an executable project plan, managing milestones and deliverables, tracking risks and issues, coordinating with the Navy and other stakeholders, and providing clear status reporting and escalation to DIBI leadership.